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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Matt Taibbi's co-host, Walter Kirn, compares Democrats who oppose Trump's immigration crackdowns to Southern politicians who opposed school integration in the 1960s, and equates the National Guard protecting the Little Rock 9 to the National Guard abducting immigrants now.

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 1h

I forgot Jonathan m Katz primary voted for Mariam williamson
I still remember when he defended Japan invading the Philippines back on twitter

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

it was touch and go for a second there, but I named 3 animals and the entire room broke out in spontaneous applause

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 8h

Jones is great

Perfectly Harmless Effy @effinvicta.bsky.social · 1d

Starting my spooky season reading late this year, but starting it well.

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Perfectly Harmless Effy @effinvicta.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno what to really say except the climactic game of twenty-one is the kind of passage I just read with my mouth open and a bunch of different sounds fighting each other to get out and become verbal. God *damn*.

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Perfectly Harmless Effy @effinvicta.bsky.social · 1d

A good evening's reading. A+ stuff.

Perfectly Harmless Effy @effinvicta.bsky.social · 1d

Starting my spooky season reading late this year, but starting it well.

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Perfectly Harmless Effy @effinvicta.bsky.social · 1d

"He can give the order and watch it explode."

The malevolence and evil of a 300-lb child with dementia.

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 23h

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to some chick idk, here's the clowning on the president (2025)

James Comey wearing an elect more women t shirt

President Power being protected by her secret service while the american flag waves in the back ground

The classic musical scene from Alien Earth w Wendy and the xenomorph

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 8h

reed seems confused

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 10h

Normal responses to normal posts.
(Following-to-followers ratio close to 1000x, rubric strikes again.)

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marcy and the banshees🦇 @beneprism.rip · 10h

I should stop being surprised by how many people are willing to just say "nobody has any obligations to anyone else and fuck you for suggesting otherwise"

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 9h

Roger waters is a post left tankie man at this point- don’t give him the time of day

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 9h

I forgot I called bono the joe manchin of rock last year

That was rather harsh- Bono’s more useful than manchin
But I still have complicated Bono feelings

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 15h

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

its like how people ignore khomeini’s extensive knowledge of western philosophy and time spent in europe.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

also mao did not come up with the idea totally on his own

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Cadence ”Sewer Game Use Badwater” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this is absolutely Red Guards shit and anyone who goes “what are we, a bunch of asians then???” Can refer to references toward the Stasi before we block them into obscurity

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1d

This is Red Guards shit, I don't know why people keep getting mad at that comparison

Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 1d

Years ago I was teaching my gun history class and at the end of the quarter one of the students said that he was in the campus TPUSA chapter and they put him up to taking the class to spy on me but he felt bad about that because he loved the class and learned a lot and had a great time